Comments on: Sharks are victims of a flawed format

By: whatever

whatever — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 08:34:43 +0000

Xkreni, that post right there just shows what a complete and utter **** end u are. The Stormers and boks don’t need your support, I suppose u like spies as well?? Dooooos!

By: Xkreni-WP

Xkreni-WP — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 07:13:26 +0000

@Robzim-8: You are damn right there Bob Mugabe. I will NEVER support the stormers. I always say ''If not the Bulls anyone but the tailgunners from Slaapstad''. So I will support the Sharks on Sat. If the Stormers had any BMT and they were playing the Chiefs, I would not support any team. But I will damn well shout my lungs out for a Stormer loss. Why? Because of the fans they have. Little know it all prima donnas who hates it when other teams win but pretend to support them for the greater good of SA rugby. Bunch of 2 faced bi t ches you are...... Hell, I even find it difficult to support the Boks when they have stormers in the team. I have to force myself.

By: Beast

Beast — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 09:47:03 +0000

My opinion is, expand the tournament to 16 teams. Play 2 groups of 8. The top 2 teams in each group play each other in a semi-final and the winners play each other in a final. The only alternative is to reduce the format back to 10 or 12 teams. The bottom 5 teams were rubbish anyway and not worth spending money on to watch.

By: the artist formerly known as gunther

the artist formerly known as gunther — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 06:57:36 +0000

Ahem.

Pot.

Kettle .

Brains.

Trust.

By: brains_trust

brains_trust — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 05:44:22 +0000

I agree with the points in this article Keo but it is very badly written and your points aren’t coherrent.

By: brains_trust

brains_trust — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 05:43:15 +0000

I can’t see the Sharks winning, I’ve just returned fm SE Asia and it has taken a few days to feel mildly ok, besides the time zone adjustmnet – the recycled air in the aircraft makes one sic and weak.

By: NZINCHINA

NZINCHINA — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:32:52 +0000

Shark is on the menu at two Hamilton restaurants this week – and Chiefs supporters will be hoping it stays that way come Saturday night’s Super rugby final against the Sharks.

John Lawrenson, who owns both restaurants, said 7kg of shark had already been ordered for his Keystone and The Abbey restaurants for Thursday night and he was expecting the dish to be a hit with diners not backing the South African team.

By: kaksioek

kaksioek — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:21:54 +0000

Cheers people …

By: Johannes Expatinus

Johannes Expatinus — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:16:47 +0000

Now I wonder – who would have made the better 10, leaving goal kicking out of the picture…

FDP, or Steyn…mmm

By: kaksioek

kaksioek — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:14:28 +0000

@Johannes Expatinus-458: True, but FdP would have been a very one-dimensional flyhalf. By the time he departed stage left I was sick of the sight of him. And then there was talk of him returning to captain the Boks ... good grief. I still wonder who we have to thank for avoiding that disaster.

By: kaksioek

kaksioek — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:11:55 +0000

@Tacitus-456: I would hope Morne is benched, at the very least.

By: Johannes Expatinus

Johannes Expatinus — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:11:34 +0000

@kaksioek-455: Hougaard right now is like a bull being asked to sit still in a china shop. He is being asked to play a type of 9 that is very different to 9's in other countries. FDP could, for the same reason that FDP will also be able to play 10. Hougaard could never be a 10. But SA wants their 9's to be a pseudo 10.

By: Tacitus

Tacitus — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:10:24 +0000

@Tacitus-456: Are not in the type of form to start for the Boks.

By: Tacitus

Tacitus — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:09:49 +0000

@kaksioek-455: Don't get me wrong. I still like all of these players. I just think they need to get their heads right. Maybe a case of overplaying or something. But if their recent performances for the Bulls are anything to go by, they certainly are in the type of form to start for the Boks. That said, if Heyneke picks them, and his belief translates into great performances by them in the Green jersey, then all is well.

By: kaksioek

kaksioek — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:06:14 +0000

@Tacitus-454: I think you're being too hard on him. I think he would flourish in a different team - say the Sharks, for example. But let's agree to disagree about him. I still admire your honesty about the other players you mentioned. Morne Steyn, for example, is woefully out of form and I will be very unhappy if he starts for the Boks.

By: Tacitus

Tacitus — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:01:38 +0000

@kaksioek-452: But he doesn't know how to pass or how to read the play to set someone up through the gap. All he knows is how to run. And in South Africa where we let our scrumhalves run our backlines as opposed to the Kiwis and Aussies who let their flyhalves do that, we need more than just a good runner with the ball at scrumhalf. We need a general.

By: Heavens Game

Heavens Game — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:59:57 +0000

@kaksioek-449: Yes… as in my post 446. The Sharks were good for the Reds game for a longer period… But they were also excellent in the 3rd quarter against the Stormers… 10 points scored (1 Freddy Drop poke and a JPP knife through butter try). I actually think Bossie was on at that point… May be wrong though.

Look, if Whitehead and Jordaan were both fit then they would start… Other than if Frans was available, that is. But without Whitehead that same centre synergy not there for Jordaan.

By: kaksioek

kaksioek — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:59:23 +0000

@Tacitus-451: I think it's because he is not being allowed to do what comes instinctively - he is being told to kick when he would rather pass or run.

By: Tacitus

Tacitus — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:57:42 +0000

@kaksioek-450: It is not FdP's kicking game that he is most missing. It is Du Preez's natural feel for when to pass, who to pass to, whether to go left or right, whether to kick or whether to go for the break. Hougaard makes the wrong call most of the time, or else he doesn't know which call to make so just does something that even his team mates aren't expecting and ends up running into his own man or something. He is not a scrumhalf.

By: kaksioek

kaksioek — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:55:31 +0000

@Tacitus-447: Fair enough. I'll take Hougaard at 9 over Spies at 8 any day though. I think Hougaard could be a great scrumhalf if they stopped trying to make him play like FdP. He isn't FdP and even FdP would be ineffective playing like FdP at the moment. Let Hougaard be Hougaard (which is not unlike Joost).